Well, according to one psychologist, staring into somebody’s eyes for about 10 straight minutes can cause you to have “out of body” experiences, hallucinations, and visions of loved ones who aren’t present.
The experiment, conducted in 2015 by Dr. Giovanni Caputo of Italy’s University of Urbino, was conducted in a dimly lit room where 20 volunteers sat in pairs while staring intently into one another’s eyes for ten minutes.
While the lighting was bright enough to clearly make out their counterparts’ facial features, the dimness was such that their overall perception of color was weakened, according to British Psychological Society journal Research Digest.
In the meantime, another group of volunteers sat in pairs while facing a blank wall. Participants weren’t given much information about the experiment’s purpose beyond that it involved a “meditative experience with eyes open,” Science Alert reports.
Following the 10-minute exercise, volunteers completed questionnaires about what they experienced....read more>>>...
